I want the 2012 year in film to have my babies. Heck, I’ll have its babies; it has been so durn good I’d totally go seahorse for it. Before I reduce a year that renewed my cinematic soul to a series of arbitrary numbers and rankings, a quick caveat: Because deadlines are soulless, and because major movie studios are the only things less concerned about Nebraska than presidential candidates, I wasn’t able to see...

We are masters of cynicism, proudly sporting a black-belt in backlash. If this generation of critics, pseudo-critics and armchair-article-writing audience members given the bully pulpit of social media has any legacy, it will be bitching for bitching’s sake.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is awesome by the literal definition of the word, in that its relentless action, staggeringly nuanced performances and...

Every year for the last six years, Film Streams (filmstreams.org) asks its members to select a film that will screen in the repertory theater for a week during their annual “Members Select” vote. And yet, somehow my write in vote for Birdemic or Rubberis conveniently ignored in favor of such minor films as this year’s choice, Citizen Kane. I mean, “Sight & Sound” magazine doesn’t even consider the Orson...

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